hard as nails

[hard as nails] {adj. phr.}, {informal}

1. Not flabby or soft; physically very fit; tough and strong.

* /After a summer of work in the country, Jack was as hard as nails, without a pound of extra weight./

2. Not gentle or mild; rough; stern.

* /Johnny works for a boss who is as hard as nails and scolds Johnny roughly whenever he does something wrong./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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